Army and Forrestal warn against arming alliance as draft alternative
Secretaries Royall and Forrestal told congressional hearings that replacing the European recovery plan with a stronger defense would become an armed armistice and fail to meet goals of economic restoration. Royall warned a draft or expanded mobilization could be required if aid is rejected. Forrestal stressed the plan aims to prevent war, not threaten nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Senate
House
Forrest
House Foreign
Forrestal
Army
Royall
Lodge
Defense Forrestal
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ball
Minn
Secretary of State
Marshall
Milan Chubrilo Dies at Work in Kenosha
Milan I Chubrilo 60 owner operator of Sparkling Spring Water at 2428 Washington road died at his office this morning. Born February 17 1887 in Yugoslavia he came to America in 1907 and settled in Kenosha. He founded the Sparkling Spring Water company 28 years ago and was active in local business and Serbian Orthodox circles. He is survived by his widow son Emil M Chublle daughter Mrs Stephen Trebotich and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan I. Chubrilo
Washington Road
Sparkling Spring Water Company
Yugoslavia
Iso Chubrilo
America
Pueblo
Colo
Kenosha
Victoria Gasparac
Chubble
Chamber of Commerce
National Bottlers Association
Wisconsin Bottlers Association
Serbian Orthodox Church of
Milwaukee
St. Sava
Libertyville
Emil M. Chubble
Stephen T. Trebotich
Farm Family Dies in Minnesota House Fire
A mother and three children died in a farmhouse fire seven miles northeast of Fergus Falls Minnesota. The father and two other children escaped through a second story window. Victims named Mrs Lucille Brekke 30 Richard 3 Alan 2 and Asabeth seven months.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
U.P
Here
Lucille Brekke
Richard
Alan
Asabeth
Communist Plot Aimed at Crippling Ruhr Industry Uncovered
British and American officials study a reported Cominform plan dubbed Protocol M to disrupt the Marshall Plan by mobilizing mass strikes in western Germany's transport and metal sectors. The proposal targets Bremen Dusseldorf and Hamburg Bielefeld rail lines, seeks German worker support, and calls for a general strike by mid March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ruhr
der Kurier
Germany
Communist “Information Agency
Poland
Soviet Union
Kurier
Bremen-Duesseldorf
Hamburg-Bielefeld
Communist Party
Cominform
Belgrade
Senate bills to end claim filings under contract settlement act
In Washington yesterday Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin introduced a bill to terminate filing of claims under the contract settlement act within six months of enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Deputies Round Up Pigs and Horses in Wisconsin Towns
Deputies Leonard Jensen and Eugene Schend responded to reports of wandering pigs near the Highways 31 and 50 intersection in Somers township on Christmas day. Earlier they were summoned to Pleasant Prairie township by an alarm of horses along Cooper road, guiding the animals to the owner Harry Michelson’s property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Leonard Jensen
Eugene Schend
Somers Township
Pleasant Prairie Township
Cooper Road
Forrest Birchard
Harry Michelson
Subzero Wave To Grip Wisconsin Statewide Weather Alert
The Associated Press reports a new cold wave moving into Wisconsin with 25 below zero in the northwest and 5 to 15 below in the southeast. forecaster Howard J. Thompson says the chill lasts through Saturday with only slight warming likely Sunday. Snow squalls and drifting are expected tonight before easing tomorrow as winds diminish.
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Wisconsin
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Wausau
Wero
Green Bay
Superior
Park Falls
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Lone Rock
Beloit
Madison
New England
New York State
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Miami
Fla
Asheville
N. C
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Downstate
Illinois
Michigan
Social whirl in Moscow slows to a draggy waltz
Moscow diplomats report a slower social season due to mid December Soviet monetary changes. The ruble to dollar rate dropped from 12 to 1 to eight to 1, forcing diplomats to shop in regular stores and cut invitations. Embassies have not yet cut staff, though some consider it. the US embassy plans to maintain current personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Margaret Diehl Named Head of County Schools
Margaret Diehl, Kenosha county supervising teacher, was appointed by State Superintendent John Callahan to succeed Marion Feuerer as Kenosha County Superintendent of Schools. Diehl, new to the post today, came to Kenosha Dec 1 1945 from Sauk County Normal in Reedsburg and holds a 1945 B Ed from Whitewater State Teachers College while pursuing an MA at Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Diehl
Kenosha County
John Callahan
Marion Feuerer
Feuerer
Save the Children Federation
Sauk County
Miss Diehl
Lake Geneva
Walworth County
Whitewater
Retail Sales Up In Kenosha In November
Retail sales in Kenosha rose 12 percent from October to November totaling 4.756 million dollars. The margin added by November sales beat November 1946 receipts by 9 percent and boosted year to date 1947 sales to 39.731 million dollars, a 6 percent rise over 1946.
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Kenosha
President Truman Tax Plan Sidetracked
Washington Republicans posted a file and forget tag on Truman's proposed cost of living tax cut paired with a new excess profits levy. Democrats showed little enthusiasm as House leaders signaled action on Rep. Knutson's plan to cut income taxes by five point six billion dollars yearly, mainly on a percentage basis, with the Ways and Means Committee summoned to consider it. Secretary Snyder was invited as the first witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Majority
Rep
Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Kenosha Green Light for Vast Housing Project
The article notes Kenosha gaining approval for a large housing development amid Senate inquiries into commodity trading. It details Edith Thomas on a list of 5,651 cotton traders and Senator Elmer Thomas's statements about his wife and his own stock dealings. It also covers the Herter committee’s disclosure of John Kerr Rose’s 1947 commodity trades and comments on confidential information versus inside information. The Agriculture Secretary released the cotton trader list covering Oct 15–18, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edith Thomas
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
Rmich
John Kerr Rose
Library of Congress
Special House Committee On Foreign Aid
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Rose
William Yandell Elliott
Herter
Congress
Elliott
Anderson
FHA Okays 350 Homes Plan for Kenosha 1948
The Kenosha housing program to build 350 permanent homes in 1948 received approval from the Federal Housing Administration and a $3,000,000 loan from Advance Mortgage Corporation of Chicago. City Manager A E Axtell announced final papers were filed in Chicago and Milwaukee. original plans called for 500 homes, later reduced to 350 due to site availability.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Advance Mortgage Corporation of
Chicago
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Milwaukee
County Board
Axtel
Kenosha Housing Authority
Five-alarm blaze at Well Hart Tavern damages reach $4000
Firemen battled a $4,000 blaze at the Well Hart Tavern, 618 Fifty-seventh Street, for three hours after a chimney defect sparked the fire at 1:10 a.m. Building losses were $3,500 with $500 for contents amid heavy smoke and frigid conditions. Three other small fires were reported with minimal damage.
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Well Hart Tavern
Fifty-seventh Street
Theresa Aiello
Fifty-third Street
Ray Radigan
Eighteenth Avenue
Albert Moldenhauer
Seventh Avenue
Garnet
Simmons Co
Ice Quake Shakes Madison Lake Mendota Shoreline
A rise in temperature produced an ice quake on Lake Mendota described by UW meteorologist Rupert Batz. Large ice fields expanded and cracked, causing tremors that rattled dishes and shook wall pictures in nearby lakeside homes along Madison’s shore.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Rupert Batz
Lake Mendota
Wisconsin
Krug Urges 15 Percent Cut in Oil and Gas Use
Interior Secretary Krug called for a 15 percent reduction in gasoline fuel oil and natural gas use to ease a critical petroleum shortage. He urged no new oil or gas equipment and steps like setting home temperatures to 68 during the day and 60 at night, car pooling, weatherization and conserving hot water. Max Ball warned the shortage could last two years with persistent spot gasoline shortages and potential impact on harvests and farming.
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Washington
U.P
J. A. Krug
Krug
Ball
Chamber group hears report on coach line study
A Kenosha Motor Coach Lines survey on service areas population growth and passenger trends will yield recommendations May 1. The chamber transport committee reviewed maps charts and data from W J Fillmore with final decisions due April.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
W. J. Fillmore
Racine
New Chamber
Sixth Avenue
Fillmore
Theodore
Young
Alex W. Madole
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines
Chamber Transportation
Wallace Beach
Robert B. Whyte
Norman Greening
Roger Starnes
Edward Nelson
Ex-Illinois Justice Clyde Stone Dies in Arizona
Clyde Ernest Stone, 71, former Illinois supreme court justice and Peoria resident, died Wednesday in Tucson Arizona after a 30 year tenure on the state's high court.
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Illinois
Tucson
Ariz
Clyde Ernest Stone
Peoria
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Josephus Daniels Dies at 85 in Raleigh
Josephus Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and former secretary of the navy in World War I has died at his Raleigh home at age 85. His illness began with a severe winter cold that developed into bronchitis and then pneumonia, after more than a week of illness. Daniels also served as “good neighbor” ambassador to Mexico.
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Raleigh
N. C
W.P
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Mexico
USC Rooting Section Trick Fools Rose Bowl Crowd
USC began investigating the 1800 card displays used to form a Bob Chappuis image at the Rose Bowl. The cards instead advertised The Paradine Case after the prep was allegedly stolen two nights before the game. About 100 students had access, with a dozen able to alter the rooting section instructions.
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Los Angeles
U.P
University of Southern California
Bob Chappuis
Michigan
University
Kenosha man Barney Graef dies at 51
Barney F Graef 51 service manager for Topel Nash Sales and long time Kenosha resident died at his home 3316 Seventy-fifth St following a heart attack. Born January 17 1897 in Seymour Wis he moved to Oconto then to Kenosha in 1919 and worked with Nash-Kenosha and Topel Nash. A World War I Navy veteran he served as aviation machinist mate first class. Survived by widow Sylva and daughter Delores plus six siblings.
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Barney F. Graef
Topel-Nash Sales Company
Kenosha
Seventy-fifth Street
Seymour
Wis
Peter and
Margaret Cochan Graef
Oconto
Greiner-Nash Company
Nash-Kenosha Sales Company
Topel-Nash Company
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sylvia Martin
Delores Graef
U S Missionaries Evacuated From China by Planes
Transport planes sped the evacuation of missionaries from Chengchow as civil war raged in the region. An unknown number of Americans and others remained in Laohokow, with reports that four have died in recent days including three killed by armed Chinese shouting Americans must die and one fatal grenade wound amid Communist fighting.
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Chengchow
China
Laohokow
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Minnesota
Joseph V. Connelly
S. S. Union
Halifax
N. S
Atlantic
Hubert F. Willis
Brockton
Mass
Mass Strike
Wiley
Associated Press
Monterey
Cal
Will Martin
Richard Hansen
Merle McFaddin
Julius Hoffman
Axtell
C. R. Nicolazzo
Inspection Department
City Hall
General Contractors’ Committee
KHA
George Anderson
Leo Vaudreuil
Harold Newton
William Hover
Walter Cunningham
Neil D. Warren
Jones
Chappuis
Barney Graef
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